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Sunak dreams of Tory comeback
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a visit to Redcar and Cleveland College, in North Yorkshire while on the General Election campaign trail, June 28, 2024

RISHI SUNAK claimed today that the Tories can still win in Thursday’s vote — despite there being not the slightest sign of that happening.

“I think people are waking up to the real danger of what a Labour government means,” the Prime Minister said on TV.

His government enters what looks like the last week of its existence still 20 points adrift in a four-front electoral war.

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